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Eagles Drop Series to Virginia
May 21, 2021 | Baseball
BC falls behind early for second day in a row to visiting Cavaliers.
BRIGHTON, Mass. – The Boston College baseball team lost to Virginia, 9-2, at the Harrington Athletics Village on Friday afternoon. The Eagles fell to 20-28 overall and 9-23 in the ACC, while the Cavaliers moved to 27-21 and 18-17.
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UVA took advantage of four walks to grab a 1-0 lead in the first and led 6-1 through four as junior right-hander Mason Pelio (San Diego, Calif.) gave up six runs on three hits and seven walks in 3.1 innings.
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Junior right-hander Mike Vasil (7-5) earned the win for the Cavaliers with six-plus innings of two-run run. He walked two, struck out one, surrendered eight hits and left after a leadoff-single in the seventh.
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Second baseman Max Cotier went 2-for-4 with three RBI and a double out of the Virginia two-hole. Shortstop Nick Kent added a three-run homer in the sixth to put the game out of reach.
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DETAILS
Score: Virginia 9, Boston College 2
Records: Virginia 27-21, 18-17; Boston College 20-28, 9-23
Stadium: Harrington Athletics Village
Attendance: 250
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Game Notes
The season finale is tomorrow at 11 a.m. Graduate right-hander Alex Stiegler (Dallas, Texas) gets the ball for BC.
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UVA took advantage of four walks to grab a 1-0 lead in the first and led 6-1 through four as junior right-hander Mason Pelio (San Diego, Calif.) gave up six runs on three hits and seven walks in 3.1 innings.
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Junior right-hander Mike Vasil (7-5) earned the win for the Cavaliers with six-plus innings of two-run run. He walked two, struck out one, surrendered eight hits and left after a leadoff-single in the seventh.
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Second baseman Max Cotier went 2-for-4 with three RBI and a double out of the Virginia two-hole. Shortstop Nick Kent added a three-run homer in the sixth to put the game out of reach.
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DETAILS
Score: Virginia 9, Boston College 2
Records: Virginia 27-21, 18-17; Boston College 20-28, 9-23
Stadium: Harrington Athletics Village
Attendance: 250
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Game Notes
- Dempsey recorded his 18th multi-hit game of the season and 63rd of his career.
- Frelick singled in the first to extend his hit streak to a career-best 18 games; the third longest in BC history.
- Morissette extended his career-best hit streak to 15 games.
- Morissette notched his 17th multi-hit game of the season and 46th of his career.Â
The season finale is tomorrow at 11 a.m. Graduate right-hander Alex Stiegler (Dallas, Texas) gets the ball for BC.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Mike Vasil (7-4)
L: Pelio, Mason (3-8)
Batting:
2B: Zack Gelof 2 ; Max Cotier 1 ; Brendan Rivoli 1
HR: Nic Kent 1
RBI: Max Cotier 3 ; Brendan Rivoli 1 ; Devin Ortiz 1 ; Kyle Teel 1 ; Nic Kent 3
SH: Zack Gelof 1 ; Brendan Rivoli 1 ; Nic Kent 1
SF: Devin Ortiz 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Zack Gelof 2 ; Brendan Rivoli 1 ; Devin Ortiz 1 ; Kyle Teel 1 ; Nic Kent 1 ; Jake Gelof 1 ; Logan Michaels 2
HBP: Devin Ortiz 1 ; Logan Michaels 1

Batting:
RBI: Gold, Luke 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Frelick, Sal 1 ; Cunningham, Jack 1
HBP: Baldelli, Dante 1
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